וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל

   va-YO-mer sha-UL

   and he said Saul
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל לָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ פִּקְדוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ מִ֖י הָלַ֣ךְ מֵעִמָּ֑נוּ

   va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu

   and he said Saul to the people who or which with him count, please and see who has gone from us
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל לָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ פִּקְדוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ מִ֖י הָלַ֣ךְ מֵעִמָּ֑נוּ וַֽיִּפְקְד֔וּ וְהִנֵּ֛ה אֵ֥ין יוֹנָתָ֖ן וְנֹשֵׂ֥א כֵלָֽיו׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu va-yif-ke-DU ve-hin-NE EN yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE ke-LAV

   and he said Saul to the people who or which with him count, please and see who has gone from us and they counted and behold there is not Jonathan and bearer of his equipment or his gear

Exegesis

The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vā-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ marking the introduction of direct speech.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 ’–m–r

“to say, declare”

• 🔊 אִמְרָה’imrāutterance, wordPsalm 12:7